Four Parameters of Interest in the Evaluation of Social Programs
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DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2001.tb00416.x
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- Heckman, J J & Tobias, Justin & Vytlacil, Ed, 2001. "Four Parameters of Interest in the Evaluation of Social Programs," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12022, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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